Sacrifices

Day to day, 
I watch you floundering,
Like a fish out of water.
The human and the mermaid.
Afraid of drowning,
He calls from his little island,
As the sea beckons.
Offering it's spoils
Torn,
You sit in the shallows.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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November 6, 2010 at 4:18 PM
Sounds really sad-mother to son poem ? Riveting, beautiful imagery, Shallows, especcially sad, but I hear you
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